Flight Reliability
AA 5 · American Airlines
Dallas–Fort Worth → Honolulu (DFW–HNL)
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 62%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 41 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 5 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 348 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Tuesday is the weak spot.
AA 5 arrived on time 71% of the time on Fridays. On Tuesdays: 57%.
A bit behind the DFW–HNL route.
AA 5 arrived on time 62% of the time, versus 67% across the DFW–HNL route.
Lagging the American Airlines network.
AA 5 arrived on time 62% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
AA 5 arrived on time 59% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon61%(49 flights)
- Tue57%(44 flights)
- Wed61%(44 flights)
- Thu65%(51 flights)
- Fri71%(52 flights)
- Sat57%(51 flights)
- Sun61%(49 flights)
52%
May
Jun 40% → May 52% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 40% | 25 |
| July 2025 | 43% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 55% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 64% | 28 |
| October 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 23 |
| December 2025 | 69% | 26 |
| January 2026 | 71% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 75% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 47% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 52% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 64%
- Diverted
- 0.9%
- Flights flown
- 340
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
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Based on 348 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.